Pitt Wrestling
Pitt Wrestling Lands Buffalo Transfer/Norwin Alum Chase Kranitz
Pitt wrestling added a new member to their roster for next season on Thursday, as Buffalo transfer and Norwin alum Chase Kranitz committed to the program.
Kranitz spent the past two seasons at Buffalo, redshirting his first season and finishing 14-9 at 174 pounds. He moved up to 184 pounds and started for Buffalo this past season, ending with a record of 26-14 and a Third Place Finish at the MAC Championships.
He is a native of western Pennsylvania, wrestling for Norwin High School in Irwin from 2018-22. He accrued 118 wins to 33 losses over his four seasons wrestling in high school, starting out at 138/145 pounds as a freshman and ending at 160 pounds as a senior.
Kranitz only participated in the PIAA Championships once as a junior in 2021, finishing in fifth place, while getting to third place twice at the WPIAL Championships as sophomore in 2020 and a senior in 2022.
He is the first transfer to join Pitt this offseason and he will have three years of eligibility remaining. Redshirt senior Reece Heller will start for Pitt wrestling at 184 pounds next season, but Kranitz has a chance to earn a starting spot in 2025.
Kranitz is one of many Buffalo wrestlers who departed from the program this offseason after the firing of head coach John Stutzman.
WPIAL Alumni on Pitt Wrestling 2023-24
Redshirt sophomore Luca Augustine: Waynesburg-174 pounds
Redshirt senior Colton Camacho: Franklin Regional-125 pounds
Freshman Tyler Chappell: Seneca Valley-125 pounds
Junior Ty Cymmerman: Derry-149 pounds
Freshman Dylan Evans: Chartiers Valley-157 pounds
Redshirt freshman Jared Keslar: Connellsville-157 pounds
Redshirt freshman Kelin Laffey: Pine-Richland-149 pounds
Freshman Grant MacKay: Laurel-165 pounds
Redshirt junior Geoff Magin: Quaker Valley-285 pounds
Redshirt sophomore Colin McCorkle: North Allegheny-165 pounds
Redshirt junior Ryan Michaels: Elizabeth Forward-149 pounds
Redshirt freshman Dayton Pitzer: Mt. Pleasant-285 pounds
Redshirt freshman Jack Pletcher: Greater Latrobe-149 pounds
Redshirt freshman Briar Priest: Hempfield Area-141 pounds
Redshirt freshman Finn Solomon: Franklin Regional-149 pounds
Redshirt freshman Mac Stout: Mt. Lebanon-197 pounds
Pitt Class of 2024 WPIAL Commits
Juliano Marion-Franklin Regional-Murrysville, Pa. (285)
Joseph Simon-Waynesburg High School-Waynesburg, Pa.
Jack Tongel-Plum High School-Plum, Pa. (174/184)
Pitt Wrestling Class of 2025 WPIAL Commits
Bode Marlow-Thomas Jefferson-Jefferson Hills, Pa. (157/165)
Evan Petrovich-Connellsville High School-Connellsville, Pa. (149/157)
